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Dr. Bourgeault has garnered an international reputation for her research on health professions, health policy and women’s health. She has published widely in national and international journals and edited volumes on midwifery and maternity care, the migration and integration of internationally educated health workers, primary care delivery, advanced practice nursing, qualitative health research methods, and on complementary and alternative medicine. Other areas of expertise : Health care, Health-service providers, Human-resource management

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I specialize in methods for risk assessment and risk management, with a particular focus upon human health risks. I am particularly interested in the science policy interface that mediates between the synthesis of facts and the formulation of policy defining conclusions. Methods of particular interest include uncertainty analysis, applied decision analysis, demography, and health economics. I have applied these types of tools in the context of interpreting animal bioassay evidence in the support of regulatory determinations of chemical safety, and am currently applying demography approaches to the study of summary measures of population health (such as DALYs, QALYs, PEYLLs and alike).

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Virginie Cobigo conducts research that aims to support evidence-based practice in mental health and disability services and policy. She contributes to the promotion of social inclusion, choice and health equity. She is particularly interested in studying intellectual and developmental disabilities, including autism.

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Trends in the impacts and implications of assisted human reproduction technologies. The ethics of reproductive medical tourism (the phenomenon, mostly, of infertile individuals from wealthy nations traveling to less developed nations to acquire reproductive services, such as surrogate mothers). The addressing of preventable blindness in rural India 4. Health education among Aboriginals in the deep interior of the South American rainforest Science education in poorly resourced areas.

I am an acclaimed fiction author (winner of the national book award of the nation of Guyana), and can speak about Canadian, Caribbean and world literature.

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My research deals mainly with Canadian politics and public policy and builds on a career in government both federally and provincially. I am currently working on a number of projects relating to the politics of public health, broadly defined, and the role of science and evidence in public policy. I also have a longstanding interest in Canadian federalism and intergovernmental relations and have published a wide range of research in this area.

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My research deals mainly with positive development and resilience, including school success, among young people in out-of-home care, such as foster care. I also do research on a new approach to youth prevention and promotion known as "Communities That Care" (CTC).

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Dr. Angel M. Foster holds a DPhil (doctorate) in Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Oxford, an MD from Harvard Medical School, and an AM (master's degree) from Stanford University. She has conducted multi-methods research on women’s health in Burma, Canada, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Palestine, Thailand, Tunisia, and the United States. Her current research focuses on expanding access to emergency contraception, increasing access to safe, high quality, and affordable abortion services, improving the reproductive health training of health service professionals, and Identifying and addressing the reproductive health needs of vulnerable populations including young/unmarried women and refugees/displaced women. She has published more than 50 articles, book chapters, and technical reports on women's health and her first book, Emergency contraception: The story of a global reproductive health technology, was published by Palgrave MacMillan in 2012 (co-edited with L.L. Wynn). Her next book, Abortion pills, test tube babies & sex toys: Emerging sexual and reproductive health technologies in the Middle East and North Africa, will soon be published by Vanderbilt University Press.

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My field of research concerns neighbourhoods and health. I lead a large study: the Ottawa neighbourhood study. The aim of this study is to understand how our neighbourhoods are related to our health and well-being. Another aim is to share knowledge on strengths and challenges in Ottawa neighbourhoods in order that better decisions can be made.

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My interest focuses on community and participatory approaches with popular civil society, such as people education in health, collaborative ethnography and action-research, which consider unpredictability and uncertainty of contexts in movement.

I had been living many years in the State of Amazonas (Brazil) and collaborate with Brazilian and Latin American colleagues.

I work the questions of equality in international collaboration.

In Canada, my work focuses on the contemporary challenges of francophone nursing education with new immigrants and visible minorities, as well as with a new innovative project linking housing and HIV with a coalition of community-based organizations in Quebec.

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Specialized in occupational health and safety law including issues related to workers' compensation, disability prevention, return to work, prevention of work accidents and occupational disease, precarious employment and occupational health and safety, women's working condition in relation to occupational health and safety, and legal issues relating to psychological harassment, mental health problems and musculo-skeletal disorders relating to work.

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My current research includes empirical work on potential biases in genetic association studies, harmonization of biobanks, the potential value of germline genetic profiling in prediction of risk for chronic disease, the potential value of information on family history in predicting risk for chronic disease, potential value of information on HPV and other factors in management of women with low-grade cervical abnormalities.

I am engaged in collaborations on enhancing surveillance of congenital anomalies in Canada, on long term health outcomes in people with congenital anomalies and on the etiology and management of cleft lip and palate.

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I study the impact of glucose and insulin on memory and cognition in animals and humans. I also study the impact of diabetes on memory and cognition in humans and animal models of diabetes. I am interested in the interaction between Alzheimer's disease and glucose intolerance, syndrome X and diabetes.

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Humanitarian aid; Health services during humanitarian emergencies; Health response to disasters, conflicts and crises; Foreign medical teams; Surgical care in low- and middle-income countries; Global public health; Coordination of humanitarian aid and assistance; War; Refugee emergencies
I study the ways in which health needs are established and prioritized during large humanitarian crises such as natural disasters and wars. I specifically focus on understanding and improving the functioning of health systems and services in crises, and understanding public health statistics such as mortality and malnutrition during disasters and wars.
I work as a field-based researcher in global public health, specializing in the assessment and mapping of disrupted health systems in post-conflict and post-disaster settings. My most recent work has involved operational field research in Haiti and Sudan, examining the development of health information systems used to assess the availability of essential health resources and services, including the mapping of health facilities. I have experience in the areas of surgical care, access to essential medicines, health systems strengthening, and health services research in several low- and middle-income countries.

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I am a political scientist who is interested in health politics and health policy. I have specific interests in how citizens can affect health policy issues. I am especially interested in illnesses that affect marginalized communities, such as HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C. I am currently completing a SSHRC-funded project on “contested illnesses”, including autism and Multiple Chemical Sensitivities. My non-health related interests include methods of citizen engagement and citizen participation, the role of the voluntary sector, and the influence of interest groups and social movements.

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My research focuses on initiatives to use evidence-based medicine to improve the quality of primary care and to address health inequities for vulnerable populations. Specifically this included clinical practice guidelines, systematic reviews, and community based research.

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Dr Sanou research aims at understanding and improving the nutrition and health of children and youth from disadvantaged communities worldwide including rural populations in Sub-Saharan Africa, Canadian immigrants and Aboriginal people. He is working on determinants of child malnutrition; dietary related acculturation and its impact on Canadian health; nutrition programming of relevance to the agenda of international development and health interventions to prevent dietary related diseases.

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I develop mathematical models of infectious diseases, including HIV/AIDS, human papilloma virus, malaria and a variety of neglected tropical diseases. These models are in the areas of population epidemiology and within-host immunology. I look at intervention methods such as antiretroviral drugs, vaccines, quarantine and microbicides. I also study R0, the basic reproductive ratio for diseases. (I am also an expert in zombies and have the newspaper, radio and TV experience to prove it...)

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I am interested in examining how global processes—intersecting with gender, ethnicity, migration status and other social identifiers—are implicated in health and well-being. At present, my program of research examines the impact of shifts in the global economy on the social and economic well-being of different groups of immigrants, migrants, and refugees and their families.

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I hold a PhD in Public Health, with a specialization in health promotion. My main field of research is understanding how the built and social environment affect health behaviours, particularly physical activity. My research involves the general population, and persons with disabilities.

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Thirty years of experience doing Canadian and global health policy work, with a particular focus on tobacco and nicotine. This work focuses on all areas of tobacco policy, but with greatest emphasis on the interaction of law and economics as determinants of health. Also has a long standing interest in nicotine harm reduction strategies.

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Sanni Yaya is an Associate Professor of Economics and Global Health at the School of International Development and Global Studies (SIDGS). Dr Yaya and his research team focus their work on the following topics: improving access and use of health services in low-and middle-income countries; health systems reform; sociology of health; global health financing; effects of globalization on health; economic evaluation of health interventions; and the interaction between economic development and health care. Building upon the existing literature, his research relies upon long term field observations and primary data collection experiences. Findings from his work can be integrated into future strategy development and large-scale implementation efforts undertaken by different organizations and the wider global health community to improve access to care in less developed countries (LDCs).